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Jon Batiste

In this week's Sunday Sitdown, five-time Grammy-winner Jon Batiste joins Willie Geist for a discussion about his new Grammy-nominated album "World Music Radio," growing up in a legendary New Orleans music family and the gig with Stephen Colbert that changed his life. Batiste also opens up about his wife's Suleika Jaouad's cancer battle depicted in their new documentary, "American Symphony."

In recent weeks, prominent brands pulled their advertising from social media platform X in response to an antisemitic comment made by the platform's owner, Elon Musk, who later apologized. So why does the world's richest person continue to overshadow his "genius for innovation" with a problematic persona? NBC's Jake Ward reports in this week's Sunday Focus.

Charleston, South Carolina, a city not afraid to confront its painful history, will honor enslaved people at a new memorial using the hands of descendants who live in the city today. NBC's Priscilla Thompson reports in this week's Sunday Spotlight.

Mary Cleave, a trailblazing astronaut and environmentalist who became the 10th woman to travel into space when her crew launched in the shuttle Atlantis, has died at 76. Dr. Cleave was the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission following the Challenger disaster. Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.

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